The studio

Atelier Isohypse is based in the Beaufortain, in Savoie, in the French Alps. The prints were born from two things I love: mountains and maps.

My dog looking out at the mountains above a lake

On the trails

I love nature and exploring. Much of my free time is spent outdoors, on the trails with my dog, looking for what lies behind the next ridge.

And I love reading maps. Before every outing I unfold the IGN map (France’s national survey map), follow the contour lines and pick out the pass, the lake, the summit. On paper, you can already see the terrain before you walk it.

That is where the idea came from: bringing together, on a single print, the view or the landmark you remember and the map that surrounds it.

Isohypse

An isohypse is a contour line: the line on a map that joins every point at the same altitude. Contour lines draw the relief on IGN maps, and they give the studio its name.

From a place to a print

01
The place

I choose every place and every viewpoint: legendary peaks such as Mont Blanc or La Meije, quieter corners of Savoie, famous landmarks and coastal landscapes.
02
The illustration

The landscape is rendered in the style of an oil painting. The illustrations are created digitally, then selected and adjusted one by one to keep the light and the outline of the place.
03
The map

The illustration is blended into the real IGN topographic map of the same place, with its contour lines, lakes and named peaks, in a clean layout shared by the whole collection.

Arêches and Tignes prints framed in a chalet

The print

Each print is made to order on EMA 200 gsm matte art paper, smooth to the touch and free of glare behind glass.

It comes in three standard sizes: 30 × 40, 40 × 50 and 50 × 70 cm. In 30 × 40 and 40 × 50 cm it can also be delivered framed, in black or natural wood, ready to hang. Shipping is tracked.

See the prints